Wit and Greece's economic crisis: Ironic slogans, food, and antiausterity sentiments

American Ethnologist

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 230-246

  Knight, Daniel M ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Food; Greek economic crisis; Irony and satire; Neoliberalism; Slogans; Temporality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84928566081     PISSN: 00940496     EISSN: 15481425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/amet.12127     Document Type: Article

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